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Author

Ng, Cheng Yee

Date of Issue

2017-05-11

School

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Related Organization

Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering

Abstract

This study investigates the mutualistic relationship between Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Comamonas testosteroni I2 when cultured in 0.7% salinity TP media. When subjected to abiotic stresses, algal-bacterial co-culture yielded better growth compared to algal monoculture, a result which was observed across three bacterial strains. Specimens in saline media displayed higher chlorophyll concentrations in co-culture than in monoculture, and when cultivated in an environment of high surface area to volume ratio than in liquid suspension. Analysis of supernatant samples extracted and filtered from 96-well microplate samples indicated the production of organic carbon by alga, implicating cross-feeding between algae and vitamin B12-producing I2. Cell imaging provided visual evidence of bacterial biofilm formation surrounding algae cells.